Primetime Program Analysis: AMC’s Better Call Saul
AMC’s Better Call Saul is a prequel or spin off to the critically acclaimed drama, Breaking Bad. It is a continuation of the themes of economic inequality, drugs and the usurpation of the American dream. Better Call Saul moves from Breaking Bad’s moral dilemma of a teacher at the verge of succumbing to cancer to a struggling attorney who has to contend with a rude and unwelcoming corporate world. It is an exploration of human vices that force individuals to break societal rules and in the end become outcasts. It tries to illuminate the problems inherent in ...
